Weather today highlights: Delhi, UP brace for heavy rainfall, landslide blocks Gangotri Highway

Heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours disrupted normal life in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla, with power supply affected in some areas and an uprooted tree blocking a key local road in the Banmore area near Chhota Shimla on Friday. The fallen tree blocked the Banmore road, restricting access to several residential areas, including the locality where the residences of ministers and legislators are situated. However, one of the ministers was away from Shimla at the time of the incident.

Heavy rain alert for 46 districts across Uttar Pradesh were issued on Friday, warning of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall as monsoon activity intensifies. The IMD issues orange alert for extremely heavy rain for 18 districts, including Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Bijnor, Moradabad, Bareilly, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.

Continuous heavy rains disrupted normal life in Himachal Pradesh, with dozens of roads blocked and essential services affected across the state. As per the State Disaster Management Authority, 75 roads remained closed as of late Thursday evening due to rain-triggered disruptions. The weather also affected 29 electricity distribution transformers (DTRs), while five water supply schemes were disrupted.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the loss of life, livestock, and economic damage caused by heavy rainfall and lightning in the state. He expressed condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased.

The CM directed the officials to assess the damage—including loss of life, livestock, and economic assets—and disburse compensation within 24 hours. He also instructed senior officials to visit the field and provide all possible assistance to the affected families.

Officials have been directed to engage with affected families and ensure all possible aid is provided.

Ghazipur Mandi area is waterlogged following the monsoon rains. Drone visuals from the area, shot around 9.05 am today.

Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is likely to continue across Delhi-NCR on Friday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue an orange alert for Delhi, Ghaziabad and Faridabad, while Noida and Gurugram remain under a yellow alert. Amid these developments, the Ghaziabad administration has declared a holiday for all schools from nursery to Class 12 on July 10.

The IMD on Friday issued an alert, warning of possible landslides and mudslides in vulnerable areas of Sirmaur, Shimla, Solan, Mandi, Kullu and Kinnaur districts. The weather office also warned that water levels and flow in rivers and other water bodies in these districts are likely to increase. The IMD has advised the residents and visitors to avoid vulnerable locations and maintain a safe distance from water bodies.

More than 10 people confirmed to have died in rain-related incidents across the country after heavy rains unleashed widespread destruction across several parts of the country on Thursday, waterlogging roads, uprooting trees, damaging property and disrupting normal life. Fresh floods and landslides were reported in Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, with rising water levels in a river submerging a 100-foot iron bridge in Kinnaur.

Heavy rains in the past 36 hours have wreaked havoc in many parts of Himachal’s Sirmaur district, prompting the Paonta administration to declare a holiday on Friday for educational institutions. The official information said the landslides have occurred at several places in the rural areas of the district, but no loss of life has been reported so far, except the death of one ox which slipped into a deep gorge near Shillai late Thursday evening.

Paonta Sub-Divisional Officer Dwij Goyal has declared a holiday on Friday for all government and private educational institutions in the Paonta sub-division of Himachal’s Sirmaur district in view of heavy rain alert by the India Meteorological Department.

The IMD on Friday issued an orange alert across Delhi, predicting heavy rainfall on Friday, July 10. Rainfall activity is likely to decline from July 11, as per IMD forecast. "Rainfall and occasional thunderstorm activity will be reduced with effect from afternoon/evening of 10.07.2026," the IMD said.